The Seaside

Unit 1: Video and Photograph

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intermediate lesson plan - theatre picture of actors jumping into the air.

1. What was happening in the video clip? How were people tricked?
2. What is happening in the photograph?
3. What is your all time favourite movie? What was it about?
4. Do you think films can be educational? How?

An Idiom

Ho-hum
Ho-hum means to be weary or disappointed.

We had a ho-hum weekend at the beach resort. It rained most of the time.

Unit 2: Reading Comprehension

Many people like to sunbathe or simply go for a swim at the beach. Some people are happy to sit and watch the waves roll in and out. While others go to the beach to do water sports. The most popular water sports, particularly with young people is surfing. Parents with young kids like to make sandcastles, or swim with their children in shallow waters. The sea can be calm, but it can also get rough and dangerous! Every year thousands of people drown because they don't know how to swim. Sometimes strong currents can carry a person out to sea, and some people find themselves out of their depths, with their feet unable to touch the bottom. When you go to the beach, it's always a good idea to swim where there are lifeguards on duty. If you enjoy walking the cliffs overlooking the beach and sea, make sure you don't near the edge of the cliffs.

Vocabulary Practice

Sunbathe - to lie ones body in the sun.
Swim - to move through water.
Surfing - a sport where a person rides a wave to the shore on a surfboard.
Sandcastles - sand that is made into the shape of a castle.
Shallow - not deep.
Drown - to die by going underwater.
Depths - a measure of how deep something is.
Lifeguards - a person employed at the beach to protect swimmers and beach goers.
Cliffs - a steep rock area.